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HENRY PLA'IT HALL, OF OLDHAM, ENGLAND.

CARRIAGE.' FOR SELF-ACTING MIU-LES.

Application led February 22, 1921.` Serial No. 446,984.

Tov all whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY PLATT HALL,

a subject of the King of the Unit-ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Toravon Werneth, Oldham, in

the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Carriages. for Self-Acting Mules, of which the ,following is a specification.

Thisinvention relatesk to carriages for self acting mules whether constructed wholly or in great part of'. steel or other metal plate or sheet or of wood and` consists in the provision of plates of steel or other suitable metalv riveted to vthe fronts of sections of such carriages or the fronts of such carriages to extend. vertically thereon andy furnished with rearwardly extendingA top flanges serving in the completed carriages as rests for the spindle rails or spindle boxes so that by plates: of different heights being` provided for use, an inclined flange maybe provided at any height requisite in a sect-ion or carriage andV it is made easy to replace one plate byV another, if after a carriage has been constructed it is necessary or desirable to provide a flange at a different height for spindles of different length to be used or change of the position `of the spindles.

This invention is illustrated -by the accompanying drawing as applied in a carriage for a self acting mule constructed of sheet or other metal plate or sheet in the form of sections constituting when connected a continuous box girder as described in the specification of another application filed on the same day as this.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. l is a. transverse section through part of the carriage of a self acting mule showing in side elevation one of the bearing brackets for the tin roller shaft and means for securing in position the-bearing bracket shown and Fig. 2 is a front elevation illustrating parts at and near the junction of two sections of portions of the length of the-carriage.

Fig. 3 is a detail section illustrating a jogged spindle rail rest rivetedto the front wall of a section of'a carriage, andA Figs.v 4 and 5 are detail sections illustrating two forms of joggedy spindle railv rests.

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letters of reference are employed to indicate lcorresponding partsV in the figures. which are The mule carriage,.` parts; of shown in kthe figures,y is

formed in sections or lengths each of which` is formed of a lower steell or other metalr plate or sheet benty to form the bottom and to provide upwardly turned flanges b c form.- ing the front and rear walls of the section and an upper steel or other metal plate or sheet bent to form the top d ofthe section and upwardly turned flanges. e f at the front and rear riveted to the front b and back c of the section. yThe sections are connected together end tov end by means of angle bars g g riveted on the bottoms a and lianged brackets 7L z' riveted on the front and rear and bolted. together by boltspassed through the adacent angle bars g g and brackets- It z' and transverse plates y' lof which one is shown in Fig., 2 placed between the opposed sets of anglebars g g and brackets L z' to stilfen the sections when thev nuts upon the connecting bolts are tightened. The connected sections ofthe carriage form a. continuous box girder.

Thec'onnection of the connected sections to the-square of the self actingimule and the completion of the section most remote from the squareA ati the outer ends are effected in any manner convenient. For example angle bars and brackets similar to those shown in Fig. Qbut preferably extending,` over. greater surfaces of the sectionsy to w ich they are applied, may be provided'. upon the ends of the sections to adjoin the square and the sections rnost remote from the squaremay be provided aty the outer ends directed away froin-thesquare withmetal plates of appro.- priate forni attached by means of. angle. bars or brackets.

lc 7c are plates with flanges Z inclined downwards to the rear provided according to this invention to serve as4 rests for the spindle rails or boxes m. The plates 7c are riveted to the fronts 6 of the. sections of the carriage and the rearwardly and downwardly inclined flanges Z are formed so as to be at the height appropriate tothe position to be occupied by the spindle rails or boxes m.

The. platesv Ic.. are shown` as riveted to the fronts b of the sections of the carriage by means of rivets fn, serving only for the attachment of the plates k so that if it should be desirable to substitute for the plates 7c shown other similar plates with flanges Z ata different height, the rivets n securing them can be easily removed without interference with the fastening of any parts other than the plates ,1c but, if it be convenient in any cases, the plates k may be secured by the rivets used in securing together the front Z) and top el of the section of a carriage or some of them. The plates c are shown as presenting plane front surfaces but, if desirable in any case, for the sake of greater stiffness inl the plates it' and consequent stiffening to the carriage front or for any other reason, the plates may be jogged to present on each face parts in two approximately parallel planes so that the upper parts will be brought further towards `the front or further towards the rear of the carriage than inthe case shown in the drawlngf .In Figs. 3, Il and 5, illustrated examples of jogging are shown. Fig. 4 shows a spindle rail'rest e jogged at y so that each face presents parts in two parallel planes, the upper part being further to the rear than the lower ,part Fig. 3 shows such a spindle rail rest .a

riveted to the front wall of a mule carriage section u'. Fig. 5 shows a spindle rail rest 4jogged at w so that each face presents parts in parallel planes, the upper part being further forward than the lower part.

,lVhat I do claim as rmy invention and desire to secure byfLetters Patent is n l. In a carriage as set forth, a separable plate of metal riveted to the front of the carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and furnished with a rearwardly extending inclined top flange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for the spindle rails or spindle boxes.

y 2. In a carriage as set forth, a separable plate of metal riveted to the front of a section of the carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and furnished with a rearwardly extending inclined top flange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for spindle `rails or spindle boxes.

3. In a carriage as set forth, a separable plate of metal riveted to the front of sections of the carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and furnished with a rearwardly extending top flange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for spindlel rails or spindle boxes.

4C. In a carriage as set forth, separable plates of metal riveted to the front of the carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and each furnished with a rearwardly extending inclined top flange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for spindle rails or spindle boxes.

5. In a carriage as set forth, separable plates of metal riveted to the front of sections ofthe carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and each furnished with a rearwardly extendinginclined top flange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for yspindle rails or spindle boxes.

6. In a carriage as set forth, a separable plate of metal riveted to the front of the carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and furnished with a rearwardly extending inclined top flange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for the spindle rails or spindle boxes, the vertical part of said plate being jogged to present on each face parts in two approximately parallel planes.

7. In a carriage as set forth, a separable plate of metal riveted to the front of a section of the carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and furnished with a rearwardly extending inclined top fiange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for spindle rails or spindle boxes, the vertical part of said plate being jogged to present on each face parts in two approximately parallel' planes.

8. In a carriagev as set forth, a separable plate of metal riveted" to the front of sections of the carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and furnished with a rearwardly extending top ange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for spindle rails or spindle boxes, the vertical part of said plate being` jogged to present on each face parts in two approximately parallel planes.

9. In a carriage as set forth, separable plates of metal riveted to the front of the carriage to extend vertically thereon^ and upwardly therefrom at an appropriate height above the place of attachment and each furnished with a rearwardly extending inclined top rflange, and serving in the completed carriage as a rest for spindle rails or spindle boxes, the vertical parts of said plates being jogged to present on each face parts in two approximately parallel planes.

10. In a carriage as set forth, separable plates of metal riveted to the front of sections of the carriage to extend vertically thereon and upwardly therefrom at an ap- In testimony, that I claim the foregoing /10` propriate height above the place of attaohas my invention, I have signed my name in ment and each Jfurnished with a rearwardly presence of two witnesses, this eighth day extending inclined top flange, and serving of February 1921.

in the completed carriage as a rest for spindle rails or spindle boxes, the vertical parts HENRY PLATT HALL' of said plates being jogged to present on Witnesses: each face parts in two approximately paral- 'HOWARD CHEETHAM,

1e1 planes. RUTH M. WILSON. 

